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Rip Current Statement 107, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 13, 2020, 1:55 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 46 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2020, 1:55 AM CST (07:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2020, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 46 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1311 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
011 WHUS42 KTAE 130755 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 255 AM EST Sun Dec 13 2020 FLZ108-112-131600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0107.201213T0755Z-201215T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 255 AM EST Sun Dec 13 2020 /155 AM CST Sun Dec 13 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
2 follow-up statements
810 WHUS42 KTAE 131842 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 142 PM EST Sun Dec 13 2020 FLZ114-150600- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0107.201214T0600Z-201215T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 142 PM EST Sun Dec 13 2020 /1242 PM CST Sun Dec 13 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 1 AM EST /midnight CST/ Monday through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-150600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0107.000000T0000Z-201215T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 142 PM EST Sun Dec 13 2020 /1242 PM CST Sun Dec 13 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ DVD
248 WHUS42 KTAE 141410 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 910 AM EST Mon Dec 14 2020 FLZ108-112-114-150600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0107.000000T0000Z-201215T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 910 AM EST Mon Dec 14 2020 /810 AM CST Mon Dec 14 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 10:38 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson and 8 more | 10 hr |
| Dec 13, 8:45 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 27 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.